A protected goat eats a rare flowerSourced
Both the goat and the flower matter.
Protecting one may threaten the other.
Aquilegia paui grows only in a small mountain area of northeastern Spain. Local ibex eat its leaves, stems and fruit; one observation found about 30 percent of fruit eaten before maturity. Conservation of the goat may increase overgrazing pressure on the rare plant.
In conservation,
two good aims can collide.
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